Letter from america

You don’t have to thru-hike a whole Triple Crown Trail to get a taste of wild America. James Roddie experiences summits, camps and canyons on a two-week tour of the Golden State

Los Angeles has been through a lot this year, from raging wildfires to political unrest, but, as Laura Antonia Jordan discovers, the creative community remains its heart and soul

All the latest flights, exhibitions and stays, plus high-speed rail, a new lost city to explore, and the joy of elephants

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

Long weekends are out. Big holidays are in. Now, where did you put your large suitcase?

From picturesque Charleston to urban Atlanta, the American South has so much to discover, says Griff Rhys Jones